Health, Safety And Environment Leader

DESCRIPTIONWe are looking for a talented Health, Safety and Environment Leader - Low Complexity - to join our team specializing in Health and Safety for our Cummins location in Florence, KY.In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:Team Building & Inclusion:Foster strong, high identity teams by recognizing diverse perspectives and creating a collaborative environment where everyone contributes toward shared goals.Leadership with Courage & Integrity:Address difficult issues with honesty and authenticity, earning trust through transparent communication and principled decision-making.Talent Development: Support employees in achieving both personal career goals and organizational objectives through coaching, performance planning, and growth opportunities.Strategic Execution & Results:Drive consistent results—even under pressure—by applying a strategic mindset, managing complexity, and resolving conflicts with minimal disruption.Health & Safety Culture Champion:Influence leaders and employees to adopt proactive safety behaviors, creating a workplace culture that prioritizes wellbeing and environmental responsibility.Incident Investigation & Risk Reduction:Lead thorough, evidence based HSE incident investigations and root cause analyses to implement corrective actions and prevent recurrence.Performance Measurement & Compliance:Develop and analyze key HSE performance indicators to inform strategy, ensure regulatory compliance, and protect employees and the environment.Operational Risk Management:Conduct hazard evaluations and apply risk assessment techniques to prioritize and implement control measures that reduce risk to the lowest practicable level.RESPONSIBILITIESTo be successful in this role you will need the following:Cross Functional Relationship Building:Build strong partnerships across functions to ensure clarity of roles, shared accountability, and commitment to a positive health, safety, and environmental culture.Employee Engagement & Consultation:Ensure employees are actively involved in shaping programs, policies, and procedures by creating opportunities for meaningful input and collaboration.Risk Identification & Assessment Expertise:Lead hazard identification, environmental aspect reviews, and risk assessment programs to uncover strategic improvement opportunities and compliance gaps.Planning & Execution Leadership:Set site level targets and objectives, manage action plans, and oversee progress through completion to ensure operational and compliance goals are met.Training & Support Infrastructure:Develop and maintain an effective support model through training, skills development, internal communications, and controlled, up to date support content that adheres to data privacy requirements.Regulatory & Compliance Management:Interface with external regulatory bodies (with legal support), lead daily HSE operations, and ensure compliance across areas such as incident investigation, contractor safety, emergency response, pollution prevention, and sustainability.Data Driven Performance Improvement:Use risk based and data driven methods to improve HSE performance metrics, evaluate audit and compliance findings, and develop targeted improvement plans aligned with Cummins reporting and management system requirements.Leadership, Coaching & Continuous Development:Coach and develop direct reports and cross functional teams, resolve incidents and nonconformities, and pursue ongoing professional development to stay current with emerging HSE trends and best practices.Education, Licenses, Certifications:College, university, or equivalent degree required. Health, Safety and/or Environmental degree preferred. Professional certification in HSE-related field preferred.Experience:Intermediate level of experience required, including experience in management of health, safety and environmental ISO Standards required. Minimal management experience preferred.QUALIFICATIONSThis role will be responsible for managing a team of four hourly employees. Three safety coordinators and a training coordinator. The HSE supervisor will be responsible for working with the site manager to set the safety strategy and conduct root cause analysis on safety incidents in the facility.Ability to quickly learn and apply site-specific HSE policies and procedures, build strong working relationships with employees and site leadership, and assess gaps between current practices and desired HSE standards within the first 90 days.Demonstrated experience addressing operational safety risks related topowered industrial equipment and pedestrian interaction, as well as developing and implementingsafe material storage practiceswithin a manufacturing or industrial environment.Proven ability to partner with cross-functional teams to developengineered and systems-based safety solutions, rather than relying solely on behavioral controls.Strong interpersonal, communication, and engagement skills, with a collaborative leadership style that emphasizesdelegation, coaching, and employee involvement.Experience leading safety efforts in environments where common incidents or near misses includedropped product, ergonomic risks, and slip/trip/fall hazards.Experience piloting, launching, or significantly improvingsite-level safety programs, including translating best practices into sustainable, day-to-day operations.JobHealth and SafetyOrganizationCummins Inc.Role CategoryOn-site with FlexibilityJob TypeExempt - ExperiencedReqID*******Relocation PackageYes100% On-SiteYesDue to the operational nature and specific job duties of this role, work is required to be completed 100% in person/On-site.Cummins and E-VerifyAt Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates the right to work using E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Visit to know your rights on workplace discrimination.